Call for Papers … Plus Some Free Advice (Worth Every Penny)

“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.” — Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 – 1988), American science fiction writer, often called the "dean of science fiction writers"

Digital Refining (a la PTQ-Petroleumm Technology Quarterly) has issued a Call for Papers for the 10th Refining China International Conference  to be held  13-14 April 2016, in Beijing.

Visit the conference Web (http://refiningchina.com/) for details, or send an email to: presentations@refiningchina.com.

If you have never responded to a Call for Papers, here is a tip …

TIP: Google® Search String: writing call for papers

One result of such a search appears below …

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WRITING
AN ABSTRACT

When answering a call for papers a number of factors need to be kept in mind to ensure that your abstract has a good chance of being accepted.

Ensure that your ideas are well thought out and follow a logical, coherent flow:

• state the issue to be discussed
• give a brief background to the issue
• brief description of what you are doing about it
• implications/outcomes: why is what you’ve done important?

Ensure that the abstract relates to the conference theme:

• in a ‘real’ and not contrived way: if it doesn’t fit then don’t submit
• an interesting and catchy title helps:
• but make sure it’s not too ‘clever’ or obscure

Ensure that practical aspects of the abstract comply with requirements:

• it meets or is under the specified word length
• is typed in the specified font type, size
• spacing and setting out are correct
• if no guidelines are given then a standard format is usually:
• 300 words
• Times 12pt font
• 1.5 line spacing and centred on the page

 

There’s more … visit http://www.ivnnz.co.nz/files/file/7769/Writing%20an%20Abstract.pdf to see the rest.

 

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